# качка
## Belarusian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kaczka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkat͡ʂka]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ка́чка • (káčka) f animal (genitive ка́чкі, nominative plural ка́чкі, genitive plural ка́чак)
* duck

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### Derived terms

* качкано́с (kačkanós)

### References

* “качка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkat͡ʃkɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kačьka, either onomatopoeic or expressive. Equivalent to ка́чам (káčam, “to swindle”) (colloquial) +‎ -ка (-ka). In other Slavic languages means duck, e.g. Polish kaczka, Czech kačka, Russian ка́чка (káčka), Ukrainian ка́чка (káčka).

#### Noun

ка́чка • (káčka) f
* (dialectal) snowdrop (flower of genus Galanthus)
    Synonyms: коки́че (kokíče), (dialectal) белу́чка (belúčka)
* (dialectal) poet's daffodil (flower of genus Narcissus)
    Synonyms: бя́ло лале́ (bjálo lalé), качу́нка (kačúnka)

##### Related terms

* кача́лка (kačálka, “peg”) (dialectal)
* качу́н (kačún), качу́нка (kačúnka, “type of flower”) (dialectal)

#### References

* “качка³”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Nayden Gerov (1897) “ка́чка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 357

### Etymology 2

ка́ца (káca) +‎ -ка (-ka)

#### Noun

ка́чка • (káčka) f
* (dialectal) diminutive of ка́ца (káca, “barrel”)
    Synonym: каче́ (kačé)

##### Related terms

* кад (kad, “vat”) (dialectal)

#### References

* “качка²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Russian ка́чка (káčka, “rolling”).

#### Noun

ка́чка • (káčka) f
* (nautical) rolling, pitching (of nautical vessel)

##### Related terms

* ката́я (katája, “to roll, to sway”) (dialectal)

#### References

* “качка¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

From Old Slovak kačka. Cognates include Slovak kačka and Polish kaczka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkat͡ʃka]
* Rhymes: -at͡ʃka
* Hyphenation: кач‧ка

### Noun

качка (kačka) f (diminutive каче or качатко, related adjective качи)
* duck

#### Declension
### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “качка”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

## Russian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkat͡ɕkə]

#### Noun

ка́чка • (káčka) f inan (genitive ка́чки, nominative plural ка́чки, genitive plural ка́чек)
* (nautical) rolling, pitching
* (regional) duck
    Synonym: у́тка (útka)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɐt͡ɕˈka]

#### Noun

качка́ • (kačká) m anim
* genitive/accusative singular of качо́к (kačók)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Probably of imitative origin, similar to Czech kachna, kačka, and Slovak kačka, kačica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkat͡ʃkɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ка́чка • (káčka) f animal (genitive ка́чки, nominative plural качки́, genitive plural качо́к, masculine ка́чур, relational adjective кача́чий or качи́ний or качури́ний, diminutive кача́ or кача́тко or кача́точко or каченя́ or каченя́тко)
* duck

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “качка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “качка”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)